Feint
Feint , adjective
[French feint, past participle of feindre to feign. See Feign.]
Feigned; counterfeit. [Obsolete]
Dressed up into any feint appearance of it.
Feint , noun
[French feinte, from feint. See Feint, a.]
1.
That which is feigned; an assumed or false appearance; a pretense; a stratagem; a fetch.
Courtley's letter is but a feint to get off.
2.
A mock blow or attack on one part when another part is intended to be struck; -- said of certain movements in fencing, boxing, war, etc.
Feint , intransitive verb
To make a feint, or mock attack.